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On March 19, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its first-ever decision interpreting the 2005 Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), unanimously ruling that courts should disregard written promises by plaintiffs who are trying to represent a class in state court.

The U.S. government recently announced the addition of Saudi Arabia to the handful of countries whose travelers can bypass normal passport protocols at major U.S. airports as part of the Global Entry Trusted Traveler Program. Despite allegations and evidence of Saudi involvement in the 9/11 attacks, U.S. officials continue this obsequious policy toward Saudi Arabia.

A recent report by CBS News profiles 40-year-old LeRoy Torres, a former Texas state trooper and captain in the U.S. Army Reserves who was deployed for a year-long combat tour to Iraq in 2007. As soon as he returned home, he was hospitalized, suffering from breathing attacks

After hearing about the recent incident at Glenwood Gardens, an independent living facility in Bakersfield, Calif., I was reminded that making a clear decision early on regarding measures such as CPR or a do-not-resuscitate order (DNR) can avoid confusion when an emergency arises.

On 9/11, aviation security was looking for bombs. They had tunnel vision. The attackers knew the screeners were primarily looking for bombs and not weapons such as knives and box cutters.

On Feb. 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds that plaintiffs do not need to prove the materiality of a defendant's false statements at the class certification stage of a securities fraud case.

Motley Rice member and securities fraud attorney Marlon Kimpson (SC) recently attended the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF) Educational Seminar for African American Leaders in Israel.

On Feb. 25, 2013, after five days of deliberation, a New Jersey jury awarded $3.5 million in compensatory damages to the plaintiffs in a transvaginal/pelvic mesh lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson.

This year, Motley Rice is asking nonprofits located in the Charleston, S.C., area to submit proposals for volunteer projects with which they need help for our annual ProjectGO! service days.

More than a dozen states immediately followed the Justice Department in bringing suit against Standard & Poor's, the nation's largest rating agency, bringing their own massive lawsuits under state trade practices or unfair competition law.